amd ryzen 3 3250u vs intel celeron n4120
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 3 3250U (Laptop) 2-cores against Intel Celeron N4120 (Laptop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
- Newer released 1 years later
- 26% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.5 GHz vs 2.6 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 3
- More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14
- Supports up to 32 GB DDR4 Dual-channel RAM
Advantages of Intel Celeron N4120
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Consumes up to 60% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 3 3250U – 6 vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | Intel Celeron N4120 | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | January 6 2020 | November 4 2019 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Picasso | Gemini Lake |
| Socket | FP5 | FCBGA1090 |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | Intel UHD Graphics 600 |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | Intel Celeron N4120 | |
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency | 2.6 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 128K (per core) | |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | Intel Celeron N4120 | |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 W | 6 W |
| Max. temperature | 95°C | 105°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | Intel Celeron N4120 | |
| Memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4, DDR4 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | Intel Celeron N4120 | |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | Intel UHD Graphics 600 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 200 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 700 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 96 |
| TMUs | 12 | 12 |
| ROPs | 8 | 2 |
| Execution Units | 12 | |
| TGP | 15 W | 5 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | Intel Celeron N4120 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 3 3250U official page | Intel Celeron N4120 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3 | 2 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 6 |